Intermittent ramblings on knitting, bad children, and gardening... with long periods of silence for no good reason that you will ever hear about. Loads of pictures to make up for it though!

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Lookit this Awesomeness!

Two handed fair aisle knitting, that creates a woven background instead of floats that catch on hands/rings/fingers!

Crazy how stuff happens. I found this link: http://www.philosopherswool.com/Pages/Twohandedvideo.htm after literally itching for a colorwork project for months. Look what she's doing! Fair aisle, but with no floats! A completely woven looking back side to your knitted item. Why would anyone ever do floats if this is an option? I may not be experienced enough to answer that question, honestly. And it's a grainy video at best so it's hard to tell how amazing the back actually looks. I find it pretty amazing though.

This project will be a pair of mittens, hopefully for myself or my exchange-daughter. She saw the pattern & claimed them before even one stitch was made. Is this how all daughters are? We're finding ourselves powerless against her. She's painted Jeremy's nails. She's staked her claim on Keegan (HER little brother, he's not allowed to have any pretend sisters at school now). She wears my clothes. My knitting isn't even safe.

I wouldn't trade her for the world. I hope she loves the mittens. I actually hope I get to finish them, so she has a chance to love them. I also (as long as I'm wishing for crazy fanciful things) wish I was just wealthy enough to not have to work outside the home & could have an adequate monthly stipend to support a mild knitting & Keurig coffee addiction & tennis balls for my wretched addled fetch-hound.

About Me

I currently live in Michigan with my little family, spent my HS & young-adult years in Tennessee/Kentucky & before that in Florida. I love knitting, reading, gardening, horses, being a mom & wife. I can type like a fiend thanks to my online gaming addiction during the college-years! I started-out on a farm & one day would like to live on a smaller version, maybe with just ONE horse instead of 150.